Landon Ellis Borden, 31, of Decatur, Alabama, was shot on the evening of Saturday, August 8, 2020, near 14th Avenue and 4th Street Southeast. The Decatur Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit opened a homicide investigation.

Within days the investigation identified a person of interest. By Monday, August 10, 2020, a murder warrant had been obtained for 24-year-old Dalton Dewayne Johnson, who surrendered to authorities that afternoon and was arrested and held in the Morgan County Jail on $100,000 bond. No motive had been publicly disclosed at the time of the arrest, and further details about the case’s legal progression have not been widely reported.

If anyone knew Landon, witnessed the incident, or has information about what happened that night, please come forward to assist the investigation.